Climate averages 1991–2020
Babamba weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Babamba: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 182 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Butembo (201 km away). In April its highs average 23.7°C, 4.5°C cooler than Babamba, with 180 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Babamba ranks joint 43rd of 60 for the warmest April highs and 53rd of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Babamba is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 182 mm to 177 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Babamba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 76 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| February | 30.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 92 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 153 | 21.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 182 | 24.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 177 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| June | 27.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 143 | 23.3 | 12.112 h |
| July | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 144 | 22.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 192 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 209 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 235 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 207 | 25.1 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 118 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Butembo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 201 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 180 mm rain
- Hyosha in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.7°C · 119 mm rain
- Kisangani in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 161 mm rain
- Rutshuru in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 217 mm rain
- Isiro in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 288 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 188 mm rain
- Musanze in AprilRwanda · 304 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 200 mm rain
- Rutoma in AprilUganda · 333 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 144 mm rain
- Bukavu in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 334 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 202 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Babamba) is explained once on the Babamba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.